diff --git a/src/main/frontend/extensions/html_parser.cljs b/src/main/frontend/extensions/html_parser.cljs
index 489456fdb8..7313e0eb8f 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/extensions/html_parser.cljs
+++ b/src/main/frontend/extensions/html_parser.cljs
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
                                     (if (string? pattern) pattern (apply str (reverse pattern))))))
         wrapper (fn [tag content]
                   (cond
+                    (= tag :comment)
+                    nil
+
                     (and (= tag :p) (:in-table? opts))
                     content